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U ITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MARCUS L. BYRN, M. D., OF YORK, N. Y.

BROOM OR BRUSH.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 51.423, dated December12, 1865.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARCUS L. BYRN, of the city and State of New York,have invented, made, and applied to use a certain Improvement in Broomsor Brushes; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the same, reference beiu g had to the annexeddrawing, making part of this specification, wherein I have shown a sideView ofabroom with a portion ofthe metal case containing the material insection.

Brooms and brushes have been made ofa vasocket upon the same for anordinary wood handle.

e e are the strips of eorn'husks. These are to be placed together so asto form smallbundles, and I prefer that the ends be secured together byglue or cement before being placed in the head a, and I make use ofwires, as shown atf, passing through the head and husks, to retain themfirmly in place.

What lcliiini, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A broom or brush made of bundles of c0rn husks secured together at oneend by glue or cement and placed within a metal head and secured by wireor sewing, as set forth, and provided with a metal socket for thehandle, as specified.

Dated this 23d day of October, A. D. 1865.

MARCUS L. BYRN, M. D.

Witnesses:

LEMUEL W. SERRELL, GEo. D. WALKER.

